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P R O C L A M A T I O N
WHEREAS, the Holocaust was a state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of
European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945 – six million were
murdered; Roma (Gypsie), people with disabilities, and Poles were also targeted for destruction or
decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons; and millions more, including homosexuals,
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents, also suffered grievous
oppression and death under Nazi tyranny; and
WHEREAS, the history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral
responsibilities of individuals, societies, and governments, and we the people of the City of
Georgetown should always remember the terrible events of the Holocaust and remain vigilant
against hatred, persecution, and tyranny; and
WHEREAS, we the people of the City of Georgetown should actively rededicate ourselves to
the principles of individual freedom in a just society; and
WHEREAS, the Holocaust Remembrance Day has been set aside for the people of the City of
Georgetown to remember the victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on the need for respect
for all people.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE GARVER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN,
TEXAS do hereby proclaim April 8, 2013 as
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in honor of the survivors as well as the rescuers
and liberators, and further proclaim that we, as citizens of the City of Georgetown, should work
to promote human dignity and confront hate whenever and wherever it occurs.